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Upcoming May 4th Demo

We have a fantastic all day demo scheduled for Friday, May 4th, beginning at 9:00. The demonstrator is Dixie Biggs.

Windswept

Dixie Biggs lives in Gainesville, Florida, and has been a full-time studio woodturner/artist since 1989. Having a background in biology from the University of Florida and a love of gardening, much of [...]

April Demonstrator – John Beaver

While the focus of my demonstration is on my unique “wave” technique, my goal is for the audience to see a lot of tips and tricks that can be applied to their own designs. The genesis of my work comes from the ability to deconstruct and reconstruct a turned vessel in a number of [...]

Multi-Axis Female Form

The Northeast Florida Woodturners Association (Jaxturners) have posted the video of their December meeting demonstration on YouTube. In this video Ed Malesky demonstrates how to turn Chris Stott’s multi-axis female form.

You can watch part 2 of this demo and their other vidoes on the Jaxturners YouTube Channel.

Open Spaces for Demo with David Belser

We still have space available for this Thursday’s demo with David Belser.

On Thursday, March 29th we host David Belser, http://davidbelser.com/ . David will be sharing with us his sources of creativity and his fearless attitude to try new concepts. He will demonstrate how his use of un-conventional mediums of holding wood for [...]

What’s New on the SPSW Website

Photos from Carol Zandell’s fun demonstration in February have been posted under Galleries/Demonstrators.

Dan Stromstad provided a tutorial on turning bowls from fresh logs to dry bowls. This is posted in our Learning Center under Tutorials.

In case you missed it, the March Newsletter has been added here.

For members, the February 2012 [...]

John Beaver Coming in April

4 x 9 Cocobolo #5 Niche Awards 1st Place AAW Symposium Recognition

How would you like to learn techniques for creating a wave pattern in your turned bowls? The South Puget Sound Woodturners has an exciting opportunity for you to attend a day-long demonstration by woodturning artist John Beaver on April 20th.

What’s Happening at Other Chapters

The Inland Northwest Woodturners in Spokane Valley will be holding their next meeting on March 1st. The program agenda will feature Len Zeoli demonstrating bowl technique. Len has been making furniture, cabinets and wood artistry for over 30 years. He shows his work and teaches at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown, WA.

The Northwest [...]

What’s New on the SPSW Website

We have added photos from the Stephen Hatcher demonstration in January as well as the handouts he provided. Photos are under Galleries/Demonstrators, handouts under the Learning Center.

Photos have also been added of show and tell from our 2011 membership meetings. You can find these under Galeries/Show and Tell/2011.

In case you missed it, [...]

February Demonstrator – Carol Zandell

This month we have another member teaching us. It is always so much fun to have Carol Zandell as our demonstrator. Her whimsy and turning skills combine for an always enlightening and informative experience. – Dan Stromstad

I like to turn small, fun, tricky or just plain weird things on the lathe. As most [...]

SPSW January Meeting 1-19-2012

This message is from Communication Director Bill Wood

The Fife School District is closed tomorrow (Thursday, January 19th) so our meeting is cancelled.

Remember there is no Sawdust Session this month.

The Saturday sessions with Stephen Hatcher will go on as scheduled. I believe that there are still some slots available for these [...]